Some criticism to the CM

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Avatar of Poryg

Hi. I've been here for a while... and while others may say Yay, CM is good, I don't think so... not at least for non-cashers.

Once a day I am allowed to have one lesson... As a non-casher, why not. And then... the lessons are games from gms. And I have to say... What?

My rating on chess.com (online and live too) is below 1200. So really, how am I supposed to understand games of great masters? Very well, I use tips often. It's usual that I get to the 3rd tip after every move I make. When the tips won't say much to me, after few tries I let the answer get shown... and then continue. But I really wonder, while my CM rating is over 1800, what is it for for me to watch gm's games when I am bad at playing?

Well, I think 1 chessmentor per day isn't much of a win... because I will forget that lesson anyway. But I don't intend to pay for membership, since I'm just a 17 year and I don't have my credit card. (and my mother won't buy me a membership as well)

Avatar of baddogno

Yep, it sucks to be young and poor.  The only thing worse is to be old and poor. Embarassed Try the free CM lessons here; not GM games and you can do them as often as you want.  I've done them and they're among the most well written in the catalog:

http://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/free-chess-mentor-courses

Avatar of Poryg

Wow, thanks alot!